swatching

swatching vbl n Once alongside the floe, the men jump off on to the ice, and at once the work begins. Sometimes they work in pairs, one man shooting the seals, and his chum, who is called ''the dog,'' following up, cutting off the tail from the dead seal to ''mark it,&#...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1970
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/53552 2023-12-31T10:19:16+01:00 swatching 1970/08/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/53552 eng eng S 1895 GRENFELL Vikings of To-day 161-162 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 21513 S_21513_swatching vbl n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/53552 Department of Folklore Original held in the Department of Folklore. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador Text Manuscript 1970 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:36Z swatching vbl n Once alongside the floe, the men jump off on to the ice, and at once the work begins. Sometimes they work in pairs, one man shooting the seals, and his chum, who is called ''the dog,'' following up, cutting off the tail from the dead seal to ''mark it,'' and then gathering them in heaps, and putting up a pole with a flag or a piece of liver as a claim. These are then said to be ''panned.'' This is technically called ''swatching.'' PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M.Story AUG 1970 JH AUG 1970 Used I Used I Used I Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
swatching
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description swatching vbl n Once alongside the floe, the men jump off on to the ice, and at once the work begins. Sometimes they work in pairs, one man shooting the seals, and his chum, who is called ''the dog,'' following up, cutting off the tail from the dead seal to ''mark it,'' and then gathering them in heaps, and putting up a pole with a flag or a piece of liver as a claim. These are then said to be ''panned.'' This is technically called ''swatching.'' PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M.Story AUG 1970 JH AUG 1970 Used I Used I Used I
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title swatching
title_short swatching
title_full swatching
title_fullStr swatching
title_full_unstemmed swatching
title_sort swatching
publishDate 1970
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genre Newfoundland
genre_facet Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation S
1895 GRENFELL Vikings of To-day 161-162
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
21513
S_21513_swatching vbl n
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